Jazzy & Kim met up with Kathy Roberts of Granite Bay to learn more about cow sorting. It was very cool to watch!I'm lucky I have the photo's and video that I have. Had a major sd card malfunction. I left it in my laptop and went to help clean a friends house. Upon return my laptop was having issues and I had to shut it down. I put the card in my desktop and it was EMPTY!!

Luckily I was able to recover some of it with some software. That's why my video is not in high def, it had to be recovered then reconverted back to mp4.

Jazzy the longhorn broke the tip off his left horn a few years ago, his owner Kim, really wanted a wrap to cover up that section & to make him look a little more 'people' friendly. People in California aren't used to those big horns!

I spent a good deal of time sewing up a test sleeve for him & trying them on, adjusting, trying on some more, and adjusting some more. This was the first time I got to handle Jazzy's horns, I was pretty intimidated at first, but he's such a gentleman that I quickly relaxed & had a great time!

His final wraps are made from a 600D polyduck material, it's got a really nice texture to it & almost shimmers in the sunlight. There's a strip of lycra on the back that help the material hug his horn & stay put. He was so awesome about letting me pull these 'socks' on & off his horns until they were perfect. At one point he almost seemed to be relieved to be reunited with the long lost horn tip!

Of course at the end of it we needed to do a little photo shoot! I'm always amazed how great Jazzy is, Kim mounted up near the gate in the pasture & rode him over to the area we were going to take pics. He's always such a good boy & listens to her cues. He genuinely seems to enjoy his job!

I got to go see Jazzy the steer @ his training session today!!Jazzy's trainer was there too, so I got to see the full bovine experience. It was so neat, Jazzy was such a goregous well behaved boy! He would flex with just a bit of pressure the feel he has amazed me! I had no idea that a steer could be so light! But it's all due to Jazzy's owner & trainers, they have done a fantastic job with him. It was so much fun!! They did a bit of groundwork, then a warmup, then some rail work. Then they used the diagonal to urge jazzy into a trot, this is new territory for him & his owner. He did fantastic.

I though jazzy's trainer was amazing, she was so supportive & encouraging. I've had instructors in the past who were um....abrasive. So I really like this gal's demeanor, it really helps student blossom & progress with their animals. I also got lots of video of Jazzy doing his thing. So maybe that will be added later. I can't wait to go out & see them again. so much fun.